MagazineZero-emission shipping meets high-level sports
MARIN Report 122
15 Dec 2017
Reading time 9 minutes
MARIN's research work in Wind (Assisted) Ship Propulsion and our mission to make ships cleaner, safer and smarter is all coming into play as we ...
MagazinePutting a new spin on propeller design
MARIN Report 122
15 Dec 2017
Reading time 6 minutes
With regard to propeller design MARIN focuses on the best possible compromise between the propulsive efficiency and cavitation nuisance, and how ...
MagazineMARINinside - your interface with MARIN hydrodynamics
MARIN Report 122
15 Dec 2017
Reading time 3 minutes
A few years ago, we were asked to take care of the hydrodynamic model of a challenging, autonomous underwater vehicle, as part of a larger ...
MagazineIntroducing the new Seven Oceans Simulator Centre
MARIN Report 122
15 Dec 2017
Reading time 6 minutes
The tugmaster looks outside the window. A huge aircraft carrier sails in front of him. The pilot on board asks him to pull astern, to slow down the ...
MagazineInnovative breeze powering floating wind farms
MARIN Report 122
15 Dec 2017
Reading time 3 minutes
Offshore wind farms are undoubtedly one of the big engineering challenges of the 21st century. It combines the design, installation, operation and ...
MagazineThe Blue Forum
MARIN Report 122
15 Dec 2017
Reading time 3 minutes
Making ships and offshore structures smarter and safer has been our motto for many years, and we recognise that keeping our oceans alive, clean and ...
MagazineOffice tool aNySIM integrated into real-time onboard software
MARIN Report 122
15 Dec 2017
Reading time 6 minutes
Following the successful implementation of fatigue design tools for onboard Advisory Hull Monitoring Systems (AHMS), mooring simulation software ...
MagazineA new concept is born: Comfort Draft for semi-submersible yachts
MARIN Report 122
15 Dec 2017
Reading time 3 minutes
Over the last 20 years, the motion at anchor has been a focal point in yacht design as it is considered a major cause of discomfort. The issue has ...
PaperSimulation of the flow around a circular cylinder at Re=3900 with Partially-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations
International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow
1 Nov 2017
This study employs Partially-Averaged Navier-Stokes (PANS) equations to simulate the flow around a smooth circular cylinder at Reynolds number 3900. ...
PaperExploratory measurements of cavitation nuclei in the wake of a ship model
The 5th International Conference on Advanced Model Measurements Technology for The Maritime Industry (AMT ’17), Glasgow, UK
18 Oct 2017
Cavitation is an important phenomenon influencing the performance of ship propellers and rudders. It is well known that if substantial cavitation ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiessustainable propulsionmeasurements and controldata sciencenoise and vibrationresistance and propulsionmarine systemsdefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingmodel testingcavitationpropellerpropulsor
PaperRandom uncertainty of variance of finite length measurement signals
The 5th International Conference on Advanced Model Measurement Technology for the Maritime Industry (AMT’17), Glasgow, UK
18 Oct 2017
When considering stationary measurements, the finite length of any practical measurement imposes a random uncertainty component to statistical ...
cfd developmentcfdcfd/simulation/desk studiesgeometry and cfd
PaperAdvanced measurements of rim-driven tunnel thrusters -The Wageningen TT-series JIP
5th International Conference on Advanced Model Measurements Technology for the Maritime Industry (AMT’17), Glasgow, UK
11 Oct 2017
For the Wageningen TT-series JIP a rim-driven tunnel thruster test set-up was used to evaluate the cavitation dynamics, underwater radiated noise ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiessustainable propulsionmeasurements and controldata sciencenoise and vibrationresistance and propulsionmarine systemsdefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingmodel testingcavitationpropellerpropulsor
PaperRound Robin test on the underwater radiated noise of a cavitating ship propeller in open water
The 5th international conference on advanced model measurements technology (AMT’17), Glasgow, Scotland, UK
11 Oct 2017
Due to concerns about its effect on marine life, shipping noise is receiving increasing attention within the maritime industry. The primary noise ...
sustainable propulsionmeasurements and controldata sciencenoise and vibrationresistance and propulsionmarine systemspoweringdefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingmodel testingshipscavitationpropellerpropulsor
PaperAnalysis of Hydrofoil Cavitation using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition
20th Numerical Towing Tank Symposium (NuTTS), Wageningen, The Netherlands
3 Oct 2017
Cavitation is the change of phase from liquid to vapor when the pressure falls below the saturation pressure. For marine propellers, occurrence of ...
cfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsresearch and developmentsimulationsresearch
PaperModelling of the Plume of a Submerged Exhaust System
20th Numerical Towing Tank Symposium (NuTTS), Wageningen, The Netherlands
3 Oct 2017
The Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN) currently operates four diesel-electric Walrus class submarines. The submarines sail submerged on electric engines ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiescfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsmanoeuvringinfrastructuredefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingresearch and developmentnavysimulationsresearch